Classic Song Alert! “The Look Of Love (part 1)”

An bit taken from the ongoing discussion over at Popdose as they discuss all of the individual tracks in the 7 disc ’80′s box set entitled The 80′s Pop Culture Box. One of… Read More →

Ph-ph-ph-ph phases!

Sometimes I envy the genre specific music fan; those people who are so enamored with a particular style of music that all others are ignored totally. It must be really easy for them… Read More →

Christmas Albums That Should Be In Everyone’s Collection

CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012

…an excerpt… The news doesn’t come as a surprise to those who have been working in the business. In a piece that was published in a q&a with the Alfa Matrix people back… Read More →

A Fresh Take On An Old Classic

There is no way anyone could say something original about Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s all been done, to death, by a million critics and fans. The run out groove at… Read More →

The History Of Comics, Volume 3

Mad Comics, 1-23 If you’re under 40 years of age you may not be aware that Mad magazine, that veritable anti-establishment humor publication that was so prevalent in the 60’s and 70’s, began… Read More →

Grand Theft Audio

The default position of many an aging rock aficionado is to decry “PLAGIARISM!!” at the top of their lungs whenever some new band dares to pull an influence or two from the R&R… Read More →

How To Be A Rock Critic

As you can no doubt tell I’ve been devouring Lester Bangs rants lately. One of his most famous, and a particular favorite of mine, is his raving editorial on “How To Be A… Read More →

A Little Back And Forth

As much as I harp on Pitchfork-the pomposity, the ‘we know better than you’ writing style, etc-, I have to admit they have their own style, an individual voice in the sea of… Read More →

You Can’t Choose Your Times

My 500th Post! Although I really shouldn’t consider this a post as I’m merely stealin’ and linkin’. Whatever. Yea me! Here’s an excerpt from a particularly poignant and entertaining read, from the Poptimist… Read More →